Steve Davenport Interviews Tim Parrish at The Rumpus

Returning Creative Nonfiction Editor Steve Davenport talks with author Tim Parrish over at The Rumpus about writing and race. Tim's memoir, Fear and What Follows: The Violent Education of a Christian Racist, was published in 2013 by the University Press of Mississippi.

Submit to our 3rd web edition!

Ninth Letter is pleased to announce we are accepting submissions for our 3rd special online edition featuring student writing. If you are currently enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate creative writing program, we want to see your work! Submissions will be open until April 1. For complete guidelines and to submit, visit ninthletteronline.submittable.com

Submit to the DISQUIET Prize, Deadline 2/15

Don't forget, the DISQUIET International Literary Program is holding their annual literary contest right now! Deadline to submit work is February 15.  The contest is open to poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. The winner in each genre will be published: the fiction winner in Guernica; the nonfiction winner in Ninthletter.com; and the poetry winner in The Collagist. In addition, a grand prize winner, to be selected by an outside judge, will receive airfare, accommodations, and tuition to the DISQUIET program in Lisbon, Portugal in 2014. For more info and submission guidelines, visit the DISQUIET website.

New Featured artist at ninthletter.com: caraballo-farman

New on our site: a text performance by collaborative art team caraballo-farman, "That's What the Tumor Says"